The beach of Cala Saona was the chosen spot during the early hours of yesterday morning by the skipper of the second skiff that has arrived this year to Formentera to disembark the 14 migrants on boardall of Maghrebi origin, as reported by the Government Delegation in the Balearic Islands. All of them were located at 1:05 a.m on the road leading from this area of the coast to La Savina, although the same sources pointed out that it was on the section of the main road, the PM-820, leading to La Mola.
A private individual was the one who sighted the boat and reported its presence in Cala Saona through 112. Upon receipt of the notice, the patrols of the Guardia Civil moved to the area to detain the migrants on the ground, according to the same sources.
The protocol followed in cases of irregular arrival of people to Formentera determines their transfer by regular boat to Ibizawhere they underwent a sanitary control and an initial assistance by the Red Cross, as they had already been transferred to Ibizan Formentera, despite the efforts, there is no fixed post of this NGO.
Once transferred to Ibiza by the Guardia Civil, they remain under the custody of the National Police, which has a period of 72 hours to process their return file in the case of adults. Normally, adults without minor children are released with the obligation to leave the country, since Algeria keeps the border closed and does not accept repatriations from Spain, according to the Government Delegation.
These people have committed a administrative misconduct for irregular entry into Spain but most of them try to reach other European countries, mainly France or Belgium.
The first patera of this year arrived in Formentera on January 6 with a pregnant woman and six minors, one of them five months old with her mother, on board. In the boat, which was detected by a neighbor of es Caló, also traveled 13 men.
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